Asters. 



YOU WILL FIND HERE ALL THE FINEST NEW AND OLD FORMS 

 AND COLORS OF THIS POPULAR FLOWER. 



The Aster is a ro\'al annual, glorifying the garden with a rich display of bloom 

 until the Chrysanthemum, for which it is a fitting forerunner, begins to open its buds. 

 As French, German and China Asters the different forms are well-known and grown 

 in gardens everywhere. Our seed is choice and true to name, and the collection very 

 large and fine, including all the most distinct and beautiful forms and every variety of 

 rich colors. 



COMET ASTERS. 



The flowers of this variety, while large and perfect in shape, have not that precise 

 regularity in the arrangement of petals which is s imetimes wearisome in a large col- 

 lection of Asters. The petals are long, wavy and twisted, giving to the flower a jauntv, 

 graceful air, and forming a loose, yet dense half-globe, suggestive of a Japanese Chrv's- 

 anthemum. The flowers average from 

 three to four inches acrops, and are borne thickly on pyramidal 

 plants from 12 to 15 inches high. One of the best novelties lately 

 introduced. Mixed seed, producing lovely flowers of rose, rose and 

 white, light blue and lilac. See upper flower m cut. 10 cts. per pkt. 



NE PLUS ULTRA ASTER. 



The flowers of this new and superb dwarf variety are large, perfectly double, 

 and beautifully imbricated. The plants are very vigorous in growth, with stiff, 

 upright branches, forming shapely, rounded bushes, which carry handsome c 

 of flowers ; their dwarf habit is well fixed ; one foot. Mixed colors. 10 cts. per pkt 



BALL OR JEWEL ASTERS. 



A beautiful and unique new class of Asters, with perfectly round, short- 

 petaled blossoms on long stems, which make them particularly valuable for 

 cutting and bunching. In color the flowers range from apple-blossom pink to 

 purplish violet ; the pale pink rose, and rose and white forms are bewilchingly 

 pretty. The form of flowers and plants is well shown in a cut on followmg 

 page. A flower is shown in Fig. 2 above. Mixed seed, 10 cts. per pkt. 



SCARLET TRIUMPH ASTER. 



The bright, vivid coloring of this Aster, large and handsome in form, ren- 

 ders it quite distinct and noticeable amid the largest collection. The brilliant 

 petals have a glossy surface, and form a fine peony-shaped incurving flower, 

 which droopsjust enough to be graceful. Plants free-flowering; i foot, loc. per pkt. 



BETTER KNOWN, FAVORITE VARIETIES. 



liARGE-FLOWERING VICTORIA. Immense, showy flowers, perfectly 



double to the center, with regularly overlapping petals ; distinguished in 



appearance and excellent for cutting. The plants form elegant pyramids, 



18 inches high, and carry 15 to 20 flowers. Seed scarce. See Fig. 3. 

 Separate Colors. White, Azure Blue, Peach-Blossom, Rosy Carmine, 



Crimson and Dark Blue. Each, 10 cents per pkt. ». 

 Finest 3Iixe(i. All colors of above. 15 cents per pkt. 

 COCORDEAU, or CROWN. Flowers large and shapely, with a round 



center of white. See 5 in cut above. Mixed colors. 10 cents per pkt. 

 PEONY-FIiOWERED PERFECTION. A perfect type of Aster, peer- 

 less in form, size and the rich and delicate colors of its flowers. 

 Separate Colors. Snow White, Brilliant Rose, Brilliant Scarlet and Light 



Blue. 10 cents per pkt. 

 DWARF LARGE-FIiOWERING QUEEN. Early large-flowering variety,' 



excellent for pots and borders. Flowers double, pure white. 10 cts. per pkt. 



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